Phage-Bacterial Dynamics with Spatial Structure: Self Organization around Phage Sinks Can Promote Increased Cell Densities

• Main Authors: James J. Bull (Author), Kelly A. Christensen (Author), Carly Scott (Author), Benjamin R. Jack (Author), Cameron J. Crandall (Author), Stephen M. Krone (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: MDPI AG, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Bacteria growing on surfaces appear to be profoundly more resistant to control by lytic bacteriophages than do the same cells grown in liquid. Here, we use simulation models to investigate whether spatial structure per se can account for this increased cell density in the presence of phages. A measu...